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Taking Pictures
The procedure for setting the focus manually (\) is described below.
1 Press the four-way controller (5)
in A mode.
2 Use the four-way controller ( 5 ) to
select
\ and press the 4 button.
The central portion of the image is
magnified to fill the screen of the LCD
monitor when focusing.
3 Press the four-way controller ( 23 ).
The \ indicator appears on the LCD
monitor to indicate the approximate
distance to the subject. Use the four-way
controller (23) to adjust the focus using
the indicator as a guide.
2 : for distant focus
3 : for closer focus
4 Press the 4 button.
The focus is fixed and the camera returns to capture status.
In addition, the focus position is fixed five seconds after you remove
your finger from the four-way controller (5).
After the focus is fixed, you can press the four-way controller (5) again
to display the \ bar and readjust the focus.
•In y mode, the focus mode is set to s.
•In 9 mode, you can only select = and q.
• If you select something other than 3 or s for the focus mode
when shooting with C, Q, the sound of the camera focusing may
be audible in the recorded sound, depending on the shooting
environment.
• When shooting with = selected, if the distance to the subject is
closer than 40 cm, the camera automatically focuses from 1 cm.
• When shooting with q selected, if the subject is further than 60 cm
away, the camera automatically focuses to infinity.
Saving the Focus Mode 1p.104
Manual Focus
To switch from \ to another focus mode, press the four-way
controller (5) while the \ bar is displayed.
Capture mode and drive mode cannot be changed while the \ bar
is displayed.
Focus Mode
F o c u s M o d e
Focus Mode
Manual Focus
M a n u a l F o c u s
Manual Focus
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